xxxvi, 494 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-469)

Includes indexes

Measures of wealth -- Human and land resources -- Aggregate and per capita private physical wealth for thirteen colonies and three regions -- Structure of physical wealth in thirteen colonies and three regions -- Net worth, financial assets and liabilities -- Distribution of wealth: the rich and the poor -- Wealth distribution and composition among various socioeconomic groups -- Inequality compared with other times and places -- Summary and conclusions -- Techniques followed and data limitations -- Wealth composition of probate-type wealthholders by county or group of counties, three regions, 1774 -- Relation between age and wealth -- Measures of variance -- Two lists of recommended supplies a colonist should bring to subsist for a year

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